Adsorbing staircase walks and staircase polygons (Q1306617)

The author finds generating functions of adsorbing random staircase walks and staircase polygons on the main diagonal of the square lattice, using the algebraic languages of Dyck and Motzkin [cf. \textit{M.-P. Delest} and \textit{G. X. Viennot}, Theor. Comput. Sci. 34, No. 1-2, 169-206 (1984)] and partial difference equations, proposed by \textit{R. Brak}, \textit{J. W. Essam} and \textit{A. L. Owczarek} [J. Stat. Phys. 93, No. 1-2, 155-192 (1998)]. The adsorption transition is evaluated by means of the associated critical exponent.